Welcome to CNET Top 5, where each time we meet, we count down another hot CNET list. I'm Tom Merritt.This is the last Top 5 I'll be doing for CNET, so I thought I'd take a look back over the last four years of Top 5s and see which ones you watched the most. Not too teary-eyed or anything, just a half-decade check of the Top 5 zeitgeistLet's count down the Top 5 Top 5s:At No.
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5, the worst downloads of the fall. Every show featuring worst downloads does well, but somehow in the fall of aught-nine you were really in the mood for some bad downloads.
The Free Picture Finder still cracks me up.Coming in at No. 4, Reasons NOT to get an Apple iPad. In these situations I usually do one Top 5 that's positive and one that's negative.
And I'll tell you the negative always is the more popular. And negative toward the iPad was the most popular.Up to No. 3, The top-rated products of 2007.
Remember 2007? Back before the recession. Before the dark times.before the Empire! And what was the top-rated product of those carefree days? The Canon EOS 1D Mark III.
Those were happier times.Sliding in at No. 2, 2009 tech predictions. An end-of-the-year classic, the predictions show usually ranks well. In 2008 I predicted Android would outsell iPhone. Which it didn't in 2009. But finally this month it appears like it may finally be true. I waited for this day!
Mwahahahahaha.Before we get to No. 1, Let's take a look at the rest of the Top 10 Top 5s.I forgot all about that Mac vs. Windows one.All right. Let's get to our No. The most popular Top 5 I ever did, with twice the number of streams as the No.
2 episode.At No. 1, it's.Free software. Do you know how happy I was when I saw this on the traffic report? I'm a huge believer in free and open-source software and apparently so are many of you. Doesn't mean I don't pay for software when I need to. But like y'all, I love the free.
And a lot of the free is really good. Like the five I mentioned in this one!Well that's it for me on CNET Top 5. The show will be in the capable hands of Commander Brian Cooley from here on out. Thanks for watching all these years.And thanks to past producers Chris Pavey, Laurence Campling, and our current proucer Sarah Harbin for all their hard work making the funny things happen over my shoulder. Y'all made the show.I'm Tom Merritt. See you on the Internet!
Photograph by David Russell / HBO The show’s first season on HBO didn’t jell, but the dreamy, evocative, perpetually surprising Season 2 of this breakthrough anthology series was just flat-out wonderful. The “Globo” episode alone—a meditation on New York on the worst day of 2016—was one of the best things that I saw all year.
But I also have a special affection for “Derech.” It’s basically the opposite of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” “” (FX) I’ve already talked about this show. If you don’t understand my opinion, I’ve got nothing for you. “” (Netflix) I didn’t think that I would want to watch another murder show, but this one really worked for me. It starts nihilistic and ends humane.
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I really love shows from this year that are the right length, unlike, say, Netflix’s horribly paced “Maniac.” “” (CBS All Access) Even better than “The Good Wife”! I’m probably just saying that to be rude, but, based on the credits alone, yes, probably so. Also, this show, with its rude satirical riffs on the pee tape, is the only thing getting me through the Trump Administration. “A Very English Scandal” (Amazon Prime) A darkly comic Hugh Grant miniseries about a British sex scandal. Grant gives such a remarkable performance that I went and re-watched the delightful romantic comedy “Music and Lyrics” just to see more of him; at three episodes, the show’s exactly the right length, too.
I wish I’d reviewed it. Alienating But Worth It “American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace” (FX) Disclaimer: I was on set for this show, so, naturally, I’m going to be biased. The backward chronology only semi-worked—and a lot of viewers I know dropped out after the kinky ultra-violence early on.
But Darren Criss is mind-bendingly good, at once empathetic and damning, as Andrew Cunanan. And, truly, I’ve thought about this show more than almost any show this year: it taught me a lot about a time that I lived through and thought I understood. “”(FX) I am still furious that this sharp, strange, intense dark comedy lost the Emmy to the terrible, syrupy “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Come on!
“Teddy Perkins” alone. Donald Glover’s auteurist baby was so audacious, I don’t care how many quotes he comparing himself to Jesus. “” (Comedy Central) Nathan Fielder is a strange and clever man, and his sadistic, empathetic quasi-prank show messes with your head. A dangerous binge if you have a fever. “” (HBO) So avant-garde, it’s ridiculous, but I get something out of every episode I see.
Photograph by Netflix / Sky 1 / Everett It didn’t fly off the rails too much, and, let me tell you, before it flew off the rails it was one of the best things ever. Wildly entertaining, with fantastic costumes and amazing dancing—just a delight. Unpretentious in its craziness and, once you Google a bit, you will know a lot more about Germany between the wars. “” (AMC) It flew on and off the rails during episodes, but I thought about this angry show nearly as much as I did “The Assassination of Gianni Versace.” Better than “Maniac,” I’ll tell you that! Good, Not Great, or Perfect, Maybe, But What Is Great?? Are You So Perfect?
“GLOW” Season 2 (Netflix) The episode that showed a whole episode of “ GLOW” was perfect. “Big Mouth” Season 2 (Netflix) So dirty, my strangely prudish kids wouldn’t watch it, but hilarious, humane, and honest. Photograph by Colleen Hayes / NBC Possibly belongs on the Consistent list, but I’m a bit nervous about where the plot is going. Still, one of the best things on TV, because a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
“Orange Is the New Black” (Netflix) Everyone seems to have forgotten about this series—probably people are just finding it too grim—but I found this last season, which was set in a maximum-security prison, genuinely provocative and powerful. Not great or perfect, maybe, but: What is great? Are you so perfect? “This Close” (Sundance Now) A sweet, small show about deaf friends.
Smart and beautiful, so it didn’t have to be perfect. “The Bisexual” (Hulu) Kind of perfect, actually. Why did I put it here? “Dear White People” Season 2 (Netflix). Photograph Courtesy Netflix Had one truly perfect episode, and the rest of the season was also terrific.
I love all of these characters. As with “The Good Place,” I’m suddenly feeling unsure about this placement as well. Consistent shows aren’t necessarily the most interesting ones; I hope that I’m not implying that. In fact, if I were forced to make a numerical list, I might rank this show higher than “The End of the F.ing World,” even though it’s less consistent. “Pose” (FX) Again, another Ryan Murphy show, so I am biased.
Had moments of corniness and was sentimental at times. But it was also richly entertaining, with a lovely cast, which I know because I met them, and the show not only got better and better over the course of the season, I started to dig the eighties fairy-tale vibe. Features a standout performance by Indya Moore. “” (The CW) This is one of my favorite shows, and I admire the audacity of what it is trying to pull off in the last season, which is to dramatize someone getting healthy. It hasn’t worked a hundred per cent, but the songs are great, Rachel Bloom is wonderful, and, unlike “The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel,” it is legitimately Jewish. “Younger” (TV Land) The perfect replacement for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” “” (Lifetime) A pleasant surprise, nasty and nice at once. “” (Comedy Central) My drug of choice. “Schitt’s Creek” (CBC Television) Worth watching for the amazing performances by Catherine O’Hara and Daniel Levy. I had some problems with how little conflict there was, but I loved the sweet gay romance at its center and, weirdly, it also made me want to start a business. That one good episode of “Black Mirror” (Netflix) “USS Callister.” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (Fox/NBC).
Photograph by John P. Fleenor / Fox / Universal Television Every season has gotten sharper, and I’m so glad it got rescued from cancellation. Why would you watch a boring show like “” when you could watch this? “Claws” (TNT) The early part of this season was on the wonky side, plot-wise, but it picked up. It has an amazing cast, and costumes that make “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” look like clam chowder. This is the show that I watch for fun when I’m trying to kill time between the shows that I’m watching for work.
“Queer Eye” (Netflix) I should watch more reality TV, but I do watch this. A soothing show that gives me some nice, basic ideas to improve my life, like Real Simple. “” (HBO) I realize that you’re thinking, What is this doing in the “Fun” category? How is a serious adaptation of an Italian literary novel fun?
Well, maybe it’s not fun, exactly, but it is beautiful in a way that I found very enjoyable, and maybe you should rethink your whole idea of fun. Other People Liked It Way More Than I Did “Barry” (HBO) I was just not in the mood for any show about a repentant assassin, however much I love the main actor.
“Homecoming” (Amazon Prime) Beautifully filmed but eventually seemed soul-dead. I’m putting it here so you know I watched it. I Should Have Caught Up So That I Could Have an Opinion “Better Call Saul” (AMC) It’s on a lot of lists, but, I apologize, I still have a weird “Breaking Bad” hangover that held me back from catching up. “Patrick Melrose” (Showtime) I hear that it’s good and I wish I’d reviewed it. “Lodge 49” (AMC) Ditto.
“Ozark” (Netflix) I’ve heard mixed things! “Sorry for Your Loss” (Facebook Watch) On so many lists. My apologies. “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (FXX) I like every season of this show, so I’m sure I will like this one, too. I did watch that wonderful gay dance, so I’m looking forward to it. “Salt Fat Acid Heat” (Netflix) I’ve heard great things! Hated Out of Proportion to Their Flaws, Maybe Because They Kept Me from Watching the Shows Listed Above “Maniac” (Netflix) “The Romanoffs” (Amazon Prime) “Camping” (HBO) “Forever” (Amazon Prime) “” (Netflix) “Here and Now” (HBO) “This Is Us” (NBC) “Who Is America?” (Showtime) “The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel” (Amazon Prime) These Are Movies, But They Were on TV-Streaming Services, So I Recommend Them “The Tale” (HBO) Because this is a movie about child sexual abuse, it’s a hard sell. But it’s gorgeously directed and acted and not at all pedantic—the opposite. Highly recommended if you want to be changed by a movie that happens to be on television. (I originally put it on the Consistent list but my editor made me move it here.) “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (Netflix) I’m a little picky about the Coen brothers and I don’t like Westerns, but this was so bleak and strange and poetic.
Refreshingly mean. Also, an anthology show in movie form. “Private Life” (Netflix).